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Gatwick sustains passenger figures with help of new airlines

Gatwick Airport in the UK has managed to sustain its 2012/13 passenger figures slightly ahead of last year thanks to new carriers that have opened services to the airport. The airport had lost routes from its previous carriers but still …

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Air China Offers New Frankfurt to Chengdu Direct Service

Air China, the China-based, state-owned airline company, is offering a new non-stop service from Chengdu, in China, to Frankfurt airport, in Germany. The new service commences from May 19,

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China to encourage outbound tourism

China is rolling out initiatives to encourage outbound tourism. The ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) in Beijing has plans to launch a series of programmes in 2013 to increase tourism from

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VisitBritain to Woo Chinese Travellers

VisitBritain, the official tourism website for Great Britain, will be wooing the Chinees market, with a tourism delegation from the UK set to visit Shanghai, in China, this

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Beijing Feeling offers tours to Beijing

China-based BeijingFeeling.com, a travel service company in Beijing, is offering a novel travel service to Beijing. The company has announced its Beijing Feeling Tour Service, which includes

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New air service expected to connect Chengdu with Melbourne

China-based Sichuan Airlines is expected to launch a service soon connecting Chengdu in China to Melbourne, Australia. It is expected that an official communication in this regard from the

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Tourism could hurt Yunnan monkey reserve

The Yunnan monkey reserve in China is seeing an increase in the number of tourists, which environmentalists say could harm the monkeys. The reserve is home to black snub-nosed

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Chinese move could improve tourist awareness of Spratly Islands

The Spratly group of islands, the ownership status of which is currently the subject of a dispute between China and the Philippines, could soon see an increase in

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Tourism boom threatening heritage sites in China

The booming tourism growth in China is threatening the country's heritage sites. With China's economy currently firing on all cylinders, domestic tourism has increased dramatically. In addition, globalisation has

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Huangshan Mountain back in action

Tourists have been welcomed back to Huangshan Mountain in China by the authorities who had closed the site for safety reasons. The mountain site had been closed due to